Subsidence in rift zones : analyzing results from repeated precision leveling of the Vogar Profile on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Southwest Iceland

• Main Author: Anell, Ingrid
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen 2004
• Subjects: lceland; Reykjanes Peninsula; Vogar profile; precision leveling; faulting; subsidence; modeling subsidence; Mogi model; Island; Reykjaneshalvön; Vogarprofilen; precisionshöjdmätningar; nedsjunkning; förkastningsrörelser; modellering av nedsjunkning; Mogimodellen; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/2340216

The mid-Atlantic ridge connects with land at the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland. Iceland extends well over the whole ridge and allows for representative surface observations of sea-floor processes. Across the Peninsula the plate boundary is characterized by a rift zone, which encompasses lea...